Popular baby names in Alaska, 1984

The most popular baby names in Alaska in 1984 were Jessica for girls (157 babies) and Christopher for boys (200). Jessica ranked #2 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 8,959 babies born in Alaska in 1984 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alaska in 1984

Names given at least 15 times in Alaska that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Hannah: 21 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Heidi: 19 babies, 3× the national rate
Tamara: 15 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Whitney: 15 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Chelsea: 22 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Miranda: 15 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Anna: 28 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Sheena: 17 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Ian: 35 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Troy: 21 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Colin: 15 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Cody: 42 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Casey: 25 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Russell: 19 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Jeremiah: 19 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Luke: 17 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Trevor: 16 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Shane: 22 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alaska, 1984

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Jessica	157	↑1	2
2	Jennifer	154	↓1	1
3	Sarah	111	–	5
4	Amanda	100	–	4
5	Nicole	84	↑1	7
6	Ashley	83	↑2	3
7	Stephanie	71	↑5	6
8	Heather	69	↑2	9
9	Melissa	67	↑7	8
10	Rachel	61	↑1	15
11	Emily	55	↑10	24
12	Megan	55	↑6	11
13	Elizabeth	54	↓6	10
14	Michelle	52	↓9	17
15	Amber	51	↓2	18
16	Rebecca	51	↓1	23
17	Christina	50	↓8	20
18	Crystal	48	↓4	12
19	Tiffany	48	–	14
20	Amy	47	–	13
21	Danielle	47	↑3	16
22	Andrea	46	↑24	28
23	Jamie	42	↑2	31
24	Erin	39	↓7	25
25	Laura	38	↓2	19
26	Angela	36	↑1	26
27	Kimberly	36	↓5	22
28	Katherine	35	–	30
29	Brittany	34	↑18	41
30	Samantha	33	↑2	39
31	Lauren	32	↑10	21
32	Lindsey	31	↑13	35
33	Mary	31	↓4	33
34	Sara	31	↓4	32
35	Shannon	30	↓2	37
36	Alicia	28	new	40
37	Anna	28	↓2	57
38	Courtney	26	new	46
39	Katie	26	↓2	44
40	Jenna	25	new	54
41	Kristen	25	↓1	38
42	Lisa	25	↓16	29
43	April	24	↓5	42
44	Holly	24	↓5	53
45	Kristin	24	new	47
46	Lindsay	23	new	36
47	Chelsea	22	↓11	84
48	Erica	22	↑2	34
49	Kathryn	22	↓6	48
50	Kelly	22	↓16	27

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Christopher	200	–	2
2	Michael	185	–	1
3	Matthew	159	↑1	3
4	Joshua	149	↓1	4
5	David	121	–	5
6	Daniel	118	↑3	6
7	Robert	113	↑1	9
8	Ryan	107	↓2	12
9	John	101	↓2	8
10	James	99	↑2	7
11	Brandon	96	↑3	15
12	Joseph	85	↓1	10
13	Justin	84	↑3	13
14	Jason	80	↓1	11
15	Benjamin	72	↑12	30
16	Steven	71	↑10	23
17	William	70	↓7	16
18	Brian	67	↑2	17
19	Andrew	66	↓4	14
20	Jacob	64	↑5	37
21	Nicholas	64	–	20
22	Aaron	62	↑2	29
23	Jonathan	61	↑5	19
24	Thomas	61	↓6	25
25	Dustin	60	↑13	41
26	Adam	58	↓9	18
27	Kyle	57	↓8	34
28	Richard	57	↑3	27
29	Jeremy	53	↑11	31
30	Eric	52	↓1	22
31	Patrick	52	↑11	36
32	Zachary	49	↑1	45
33	Nathan	47	↑4	38
34	Travis	47	↓4	42
35	Kevin	43	↑1	24
36	Timothy	43	↓13	26
37	Cody	42	new	62
38	Jesse	42	↓16	50
39	Jeffrey	40	↓4	28
40	Charles	39	↓6	33
41	Anthony	37	↓9	21
42	Paul	36	↓1	40
43	Tyler	36	↑7	47
44	Ian	35	new	78
45	Kenneth	34	↑3	46
46	Samuel	34	↓2	55
47	Sean	33	↓8	43
48	Bryan	30	new	48
49	Peter	29	new	60
50	Scott	29	↓7	39

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